A reverse image search led us to a Hindi daily article, Jansatta, dated July 7, 2016, with photographs of Kejriwal’s offering namaz.
The article carried a screenshot of the original image. tweeted by AAP Punjab in 2016, with the caption “Happy Eid everyone”, in Punjabi.
We also found the original tweet through a keyword search on Twitter.
Clearly, the image is not recent, as claimed.
Furthermore, Kejriwal was offering prayers before breaking the Roza for Ramzan in Malerkotla, Sangrur in Punjab’s Patiala, and not in Delhi’s Jama Masjid.
With a keyword search for ‘Kejriwal namaz’ we found images from a different angle in English on a daily basis, Hindustan Times‘Content service, HTDS.
Attributed to HT photographer Bharat Bhushan, the image was captioned, “Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, wearing a skull cap, offers prayers with devotees before opening the slash on Ramzan Holy Month at Malerkotla in Sangrur on July 4, 2016 in Patiala “.
Images from the event were also found on Getty Images, bearing the same title and credited to photographer Bharat Bhushan and dated July 4, 2016.
Evidently an old image from 2016 has been revived to falsely claim that Delhi CM Kejriwal offered namaz at Jama Masjid for New Years Day.
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